Chess was not chosen as a sport to be included into Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Organizing Committee put breakdancing, surfing, climbing and skateboarding on the shortlist. The IOC will consider the proposal and must reach a decision by December 2020.

FIDE President's working meeting with the President of FIFA

Teymur Rəcəbov, Vüqar Həşimov, Nicat Məmmədov, Rauf Məmmədov Eldar Namazov 1995.

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"The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a number of operas make the hearer a musician, but good judges of music and painting may so be formed. Chess differs from these..."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker

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Also on display in the museum is the carbon copy of the scoresheet to the 5th-round game Pavlov-Pianov v. Alekhine (won by the latter in 27 moves).

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Topalov Joins Champions Showdown Leader Board

Here are the overall standings at the end of the rapid portion:

🔹 Champions Showdown Rapid
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
⚫️Kashlinskaya,Alina (2447)
🔸1-0

20.a3! [The black knight has no proper square.]

20...Rxd1+ [The black knight has no proper square. In order to avoid loss of a pawn, Kashlinskaya decides to give up the open d-file.]

[¹20...Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5±]

21.Rxd1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc6 23.Rd7! Na5 24.Qb5 Bf8 25.Qxa6 bxa6 26.Rxa7± [All White's pieces are working together to dominate the board.]

⚪️#148 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Martirosyan,Haik M (2607)
🔸Lampert,J (2544)
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12.c5! [A typical move to damage Black's pawn structure.]

[12.Nde2!? c5 13.b3=; 12.b4?! Qc7 13.c5 d5³]

12...Re8 [12...dxc5? 13.Nb3 c4 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.Qe2±]

13.Nb3 Be6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Rac1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.f4 e5 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Bf2²

1–0

⚪️#148 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Checa,Nicolas (2508)
🔸Le Tuan Minh (2515)
🔸chess.com INT 2019

47.Kd4!! [47.Nf6! Ke7 48.Rh2+–; 47.c7!? Ra7 48.c8Q+ (48.Kd4 Nf5+) 48...Nxc8 49.Rh2±]

47...Ke7 [47...Rxb4+ 48.Kc5+–]

48.Kc5 Ra3 49.Rh2 Rc3+ 50.Kb6 Nc4+ 51.Nxc4 bxc4 52.c7+–

1–0